Folding post-card.



PATENIED FEB; 26. 1907.

I F. U. SEBGER.

FOLDING POST CARD.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV.28; 1906.

liven/tor FREDERICK U. SEEGER, or SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

FOLDING POST-CARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedFeb'. 2c, 1907'.

Application filedNovember 28, 1906. Serial No. 345,460-

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK U. SEEGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Somerville, in the county of MiddleseX and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in FoldingPost- Cards, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a folding postal cardparticularly adapted for a picture postcard, the same being formed ofone sheet of paper and so constructed as to be adapted for folding so asto protect the pictures printed thereon and yet when sealed, ashereinafter described, the inner faces of said folded portions will beopen to inspection, so that it will not be necessary A to payletter-postage for the same.

The invention consists in a postca'rd consisting of a single sheet ofpaper'or card board formed and constructed as described in the followingspecification and particularly as pointed out in the claims thereof.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 isa plan view of my improvedpost-card, showing the same open. Figs. 2 and 3 show the same partlyfolded. Fig. 4 shows the card entirely folded with the exception thatthe gummed portions of the tongues are not fastened to the back of thecard. Fig. 5 is aplan of the back of the cardafter the same has beenfolded and sealed. Fig. 6 is a plan of the back of the card after thesame has been folded and the flaps inserted into the slits.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, 5 is a sheet of paper formed of an I-shaped piece,consisting of a body portion 6 and two end portions 7 and 8. Two tongues9 9 project longitudinally of the sheet 5 from said end portion 7. Thetongues 9 9 are scored transversely thereof along the lines 10 10. Thepaper is scored also along the lines 11 11 at the base of said tonguesand in alinement with the outer edge of the end 7. Said card is alsoscored transversely thereof along the lines 12 and 13, said lines beinglocated at opposite ends, respectively, of the body portion 6. Thetongues 9 9 terminate in flaps 15 15, said flaps being provided,respectively, with notches 14 14 and being gumrned upon their undersurfaces, by means of which the card may be sealed, if desired, ashereinafter described.

Pictures may be printed upon both faces of the tongues 9 9, the endportion 7, the body portion 6, and upon one face of the-end portion 8,the other face of said end portion 8 being used to address the card,the face for addressing said card being that viewed in Fig. 1. It willbe noted that thetongues 9 9 are separated from each other by a space 16substan-- tially equal in width to that of the body portion 6 and alsothat said tongues are of sub' stantially the same width as the spaces-1717 upon opposite sides, respectively, of the body portion 6. The lengthof the body portion 6 is equal to the depth of each ofthe end portions 7and 8, and the tongues 9 9 between-the lines 10 and 11 are of the samelength as the depth ofthe end portions 7 and 8 and the length of thebody portion 6. The end portion 8 is provided with two slits 18 18 nearone edgethereof, each of said slits 18 18, re-' spectively, .at oppositeends-thereof, meeting two very short slits 19 19 said slits 19 19 beinginclined at an angle to said slit 18, said slits 18 18 being adapted toreceive the flaps 15 15, respectively. In folding the card the tongues 99 are first folded forwardon the lines 11 11, as'illustrated in Fig. 2.The body portion 6 is then folded backwardly on the line 12, asillustrated in'Fig. 3, bringing the end portion 8 above the rest of thecard. The end portion 8 is then folded forwardly on the line 13, asshown in Fig. 4. Thefiaps 15 15' l are then folded on the lines 10 10and may be 1 attached to the end portion 8 either by the gum on saidflaps, or, if desired, said flaps may beinserted in the slits 18 18,respectively, the notches 14 14 acting to lock said flaps in place. Itwill thus be seen that the card, as hereinbefore specifically described,is capable of having pictures printed thereon and of being' folded andsecured or sealed in such a manner that said pictures will be open toinspection, while the different folds of the card remain folded, asdescribed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire byLettersPatent to secure,

1. A post-card comprising an I-shaped iece of paper with two tonguesprojecting ongitudinally from one end thereof.

2. A post-card comprising an I-shaped piece of paper with two tonguesprojecting longitudinally from one end theeof, said tongues beingseparated from each other by a space substantially equal in width tothat of the body portion of said I-shaped piece.

3. A post-card comprising an I-shaped piece of paper with two tonguesprojecting longitudinally from one end thereof, said l the spacetherebetween and to the width of tongues being of substantially the samewidth as the spaces upon opposite sides, respectively, of the bodyportion of said I-shaped piece.

4. A post-card comprising an I-shaped piece of paper with two tonguesprojecting ongitudinally from one end thereof, said tongues being gummedupon their ends and adapted to be attached thereby to the opposite endof said I-shaped piece to that end from which they project.

5. A post-card comprising an I-shaped piece of paper with two tonguesprojecting longitudinally from one end thereof, said tongues beingseparated from each other by a space substantially equal in width tothat of the body portion of said I-shaped piece, the length of said bodyportion being equal to the depth of each of the end portions of saidI-shaped piece.

6. A post-card comprising an Lshaped piece of paper with two tonguesprojecting longitudinally from one end thereof, said tongues beingseparated from each other'by a space substantially equal in width tothat of the body portion of said Lshaped piece, the length of said bodyportion being equal to the depth of each of theend portions of saidI-shaped piece, said tongues being of greater length than said bodyportion.

7. A post-eard comprising an I-shaped piece of paper with two tonguesprojectin longitudinally from one end thereof, said tongues beingsubstantially equal in width to the space therebetwen and to the widthof the body portion of said Lshaped piece.

8. A post-card comprising an I-shaped piece of pa er with two tonguesprojecting ongitudina ly from one end thereof, said tongues beingsubstantially equal in width to the body portion of said I-shaped piece,the length of said body portion being substantially equal to the depthof the end portions of said I-shaped piece.

9. A post-card comprising an I-shaped piece of paper with two tonguesprojecting longitudinally from one end thereof, said tongues beingsubstantially equal in Width to the space therebetween and to the widthof the body portion of said .'[-shaped piece, the length of said bodyportion being substantially equal to the depth of the end portions ofsaid I-shaped piece and the length of said tongues being greater thanthe length of said body portion.

10. A post-card comprising an I-shaped piece of paper with two tonguesprojecting longitudinally from one end thereof, each of said tonguesbeing provided, respectively, near the free end thereof, with a notch inone of its longitudinal edges, said paper being also provided with twoslits adapted to receive the free ends of said tongues, respectively. is

11. A post-card comprising an I-shaped piece of paper with two tonguesprojectin longitudinally from one end thereof, said tongues terminatingin flaps, each of said flaps being provided, respectively, with a notchin one edge thereof, said paper being also provided with two slitsadapted to receive said flaps, respectively.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit- DQSSGS.

FREDERICK U. SEEGER. Vv'itnesses LoUIs A. JoNEs, PENINGNA J. SEEGER.

